Charlie Crawford is the CEO and Chairman of Hyperion Bank, a community bank with locations in Philadelphia and Atlanta.
A champion of community banking for more than 30 years, Charlie may be familiar to Atlantans for the three community banks he helped start here, including Private Bank of Buckhead, or for his ongoing service in community and business organizations.
Like his previous startups, Hyperion Bank is built on a customer-first commitment, serving both individuals and business owners through technology and local decision making.
Charlie was recognized as one of the Most Admired CEOs of 2020 by the Philadelphia Business Journal. He is frequently quoted about banking and related topics, in media outlets ranging from American Banker to U.S. News & World Report.
Charlie serves on the boards of the Community Bankers Association of Georgia and the Pennsylvania Association of Community Bankers. He is a member of Rotary Club of Atlanta, and serves on the board of Hyperion Mortgage, which he helped found last year.
Connect with Charlie on LinkedIn and follow Hyperion Bank on Facebook.
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As the founder of the Entrepreneurial Learning Initiative, Gary Schoeniger has influenced a broad audience from higher education and economic development organizations to government, corporate and non-profit clients worldwide including the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, the Cisco Entrepreneur Institute and the U.S. State Department.
Schoeniger also led the development of the Ice House Entrepreneurship Program, which has been recognized by the Kauffman Foundation as “redefining entrepreneurship education in classrooms and communities around the world”.
With his focus on the entrepreneurial mindset, Schoeniger has presented numerous keynotes, workshops and training programs throughout the US and abroad. Recent engagements include the Global Entrepreneurship Congress in Rio de Janeiro and Moscow, as well as speaking and training programs in Athens, London, Bogota, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Sofia, Santiago, Aberdeen, Nicosia, Zagreb, Tbilisi and Baku.
Schoeniger, along with Pulitzer nominee Clifton Taulbert, is also the co-author of Who Owns The Ice House: Eight Life Lessons From An Unlikely Entrepreneur, an international bestseller described as “required reading for humanity”.
Gary Schoeniger, has emerged as an internationally recognized thought leader in the field of entrepreneurial mindset education.
As the founder of the Entrepreneurial Learning Initiative, Schoeniger has influenced a broad audience from higher education and economic development organizations to government, corporate and non-profit clients worldwide, including the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, the Cisco Entrepreneur Institute and the U.S. State Department.
Schoeniger also led the development of the Ice House Entrepreneurship Program, which has been recognized by the Kauffman Foundation as “redefining entrepreneurship education in classrooms and communities around the world”.
With his focus on the entrepreneurial mindset, Schoeniger has presented numerous keynotes, workshops and training programs throughout the US and abroad. Recent engagements include the Global Entrepreneurship Congress in Rio de Janeiro and Moscow, as well as speaking and training programs in Athens, London, Bogota, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Sofia, Santiago, Aberdeen, Nicosia, Zagreb, Tbilisiand Baku.
Schoeniger, along with Pulitzer nominee Clifton Taulbert, is also the co-author of Who Owns The Ice House: Eight Life Lessons From An Unlikely Entrepreneur, an international bestseller described as “required reading for humanity”
Connect with Gary on LinkedIn.
Susan E Brown is the director of Special Projects for the Willie Brown Institute and she is the Owner and Founder of Beyond the Fog a customized Tour Company and Special Events Company located in San Francisco California. She is also a Portrait Photographer and a documentary film director with 8 Documentary films under her belt.
Susan most recently had to pivot her Tour Company because of Covid into a podcast called Beyond The Fog Radio that focuses on the history, art, and culture of San Francisco and the Bay Area, told by the residents of San Francisco.
Susan is the Co-Host and Producer, along with Jae Yee and Michaela Joy O’Shea. The podcast’s first episode aired on February 17th, 2021.
Connect with Susan on LinkedIn.
Stone Payton: [00:00:00] And we are back with BRX Pro Tips. Stone Payton and Lee Kantor here with you. Lee, let’s talk about some of the key habits of successful people.
Lee Kantor: [00:00:10] Yeah, I think in today’s day, some of the things, habits, or traits, or attributes of people who are successful, number one, I think, is the ability to sell. You really have to have a sales mindset, I think, to be successful in today’s world. And kind of tangential to that, I think is you have to kind of figure out how to be a creator. You don’t want to be the one that is the naysayer. You want to be the one that’s figuring out solutions and problem solving. So, you have to be able to create in some manner to be successful today.
Lee Kantor: [00:00:47] A third habit or trait is being optimistic and positive. I think optimism wins the day. I think it’s very difficult to be a pessimist or as pessimists like to call themselves, realists, and be successful, you have to be looking at the opportunities that are out there. You can’t be focusing on scarcity. You have to have an abundant mindset that there’s more out there, and that the more that you get, the more that you can give.
Lee Kantor: [00:01:18] And I think if you can kind of focus on those traits, then you will be successful over time. But you have to do the work every day. You can’t just think that, “Okay, I’ve done this, and I am this, and then I’m done.” You have to get a little better every day, and your efforts will compound over time, and then I believe you’ll win in the end. So, focus on sales, focus on creating focus, focus on optimism, and just try to get a little better every day. Let those efforts compound. And at the end of the day, I think you’re going to win.
As President & CEO of Adrenaline, Sean Keathley brings a wealth of experience from the worlds of marketing, business development, management and client relations.
Sean’s leadership integrates all of Adrenaline’s disciplines from strategy and planning to design and implementation. His expertise lies in retail design and brand enhancement projects that accelerate growth and build competitive advantage for clients.
He has partnered with the likes of Charles Schwab, Capital One, Macy’s, Northwestern Medicine, Wells Fargo and numerous others to create sustainable programs. As a visionary thought-leader, he speaks around the globe about trends, technology and industry happenings.
Connect with Sean on LinkedIn and Twitter.
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Our award-winning customer service includes an accuracy guarantee, deep integrations with popular accounting software, and we’ll even enter all your employee information for you — whether you have five employees or 500. Take a closer look to see all the ways we can save you time and money in the back office.
